[boost] Re: Quaternion bugs [Was: Requests for changes in 1.33 related to serialization].

From: Hubert Holin (Hubert.Holin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-27 09:59:49

Somewhere in the E.U., le 27/05/2005

   Bonjour

In article <4295DB2F.2040100_at_[hidden]>,
 Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hubert Holin wrote:
> >       Both cw-9_4 for Windows and Intel 8.1 define symbols which trip a 
> > supplied workaround for MSVC deficiencies about "abs" & co.:
> > 
> > #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, < 1300) || (defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) && 
> > BOOST_MSVC < 1310))
> > 
> > Both, however, seem to work around the deficiency, but in different 
> > ways. I do not have access to any of  these platforms, so there is not 
> > much I can do. I will try to see if more specific symbols are defined 
> > for these platforms and exclude them from the workaround in place, but 
> > any suggestion is welcome.
> 
> For CW.. You can look in boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp to see all 
> the versions that are defined. For the 9.x series you could:
> 
> #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, >= 0x3201)

      I commited a possible fix for the quaternion test. If it works 
(and if it does not break the fix Beman contributed for the Intel 
compiler - Thanks Beman!) I'll propagate it to the octonions as well.

   Merci

Hubert